London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
This page requires JavaScript
13
VACCINATION.
Of the children born in 1906, 214 had been successfully vaccinated by the
end of the year, 25 had died before the age for vaccination, and 2 were
insusceptible. Vaccination was postponed by medical certificate in 18 cases,
52 had removed into other districts, and 27* vaccinations were pending at the
end of the year. There were 6 cases of conscientious objection.
Vaccination Statistics in the City of London.
| Year. | Number of Births. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible. | Had Small-pox. | Died before Vaccination. | Vaccination Postponed. | Cases pending or removed at the end of the year. | Conscientious Objections. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | ||
| .52 | ||||||||
| .29 | „ | |||||||
| .29 | „ | |||||||
| .28 | „ | |||||||
| „ | ||||||||
| .27 | 4.2 | |||||||
MORTALITY.
During the year under review, 901 deaths were registered in the District
including *658 persons dying in the City, but not belonging thereto. See
Table, p. 17, for details.
Deducting the latter 243 deaths remain, to which must be added 36 persons
who died at City Institutions in outside districts, where they were registered.
The mortality, therefore, from which the City death rate is calculated is 279.
The death rate for 1906 was 13.0 per 1,000 per annum of the population
(the previous year being 13.9), whilst that for the whole of the Metropolis
was 15.1. These figures are not corrected for sex and age distribution.
Death Rates, per 1,000 per Annum.
| Year. | City of London. | Great Towns of England and Wales. | Metropolis. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
* These deaths occurred in St. Bartholomew's Hospital.